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Beer and fodder crop has been deteriorating for 6000 years

The diversity of the crop Sorghum, a cereal used to make alcoholic drinks, has been decreasing over time due to agricultural practice. To maintain the diversity of the crop and keep it growing farmers will need to revise how they manage it.


Salmonella could be combated by enhancing body’s natural process

Autophagy – the process of recycling cellular material in the body, can help combat Salmonella and other pathogens according to researchers at the School of Life Sciences, University of ÌÇÐÄTV who have studied how autophagy can get rid of bacteria, and prevent diseases developing.

Tue 26 Mar 2019, 08:20 | Tags: School of Life Sciences, Biology, Life Sciences, salmonella, Sciences

Making science crystal clear – ÌÇÐÄTV’s Science Gala welcomes public next week

Fancy learning how to grow a crystal, make lightening or dance like a sound wave? Youngsters with a passion for science will be able to enjoy some real-life experiments at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV’s Science Gala next week.


The evolution of Maize is more complex than thought

New evidence reveals that the evolution of Maize in South America is more complex than initially thought, and there was a further geographical area in which partial domestication occurred in the Southwest Amazon - according to an international collaboration of researchers including the University of ÌÇÐÄTV, and published in the journal Science.

Thu 13 Dec 2018, 20:56 | Tags: Life Sciences, Evolution, Sciences

Arctic's Global Seed Vault to receive 101 samples from ÌÇÐÄTV's Vegetable Genebank

101 seed samples from 18 different types of crop species including onions, carrots and cauliflower are to be deposited at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Arctic Norway on the 31st October 2018, from the UK Vegetable Genebank (UKVGB) at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV.

Tue 30 Oct 2018, 09:33 | Tags: Life Sciences, seeds, UKVGB, Svalbard, Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Researchers wake-up DNA from soil bacteria to discover novel acid antibiotic

Scleric Acid has been discovered by capturing and engineering a DNA fragment from soil bacteria Streptomyces sclerotialus, and could help fight bacterial infections - by researchers at the School of Life Sciences and Department of Chemistry, University of ÌÇÐÄTV.

Mon 22 Oct 2018, 12:52 | Tags: Health, Life Sciences, Chemistry, DNA, Health and Medicine

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